Genus Aquiflexum
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. part. adj. flexus -a -um, bent, winding; N.L. neut. n. Aquiflexum, to indicate the bacterium's aquatic origin and its long flexible rods.
Valid publication: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2335-2341.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004 emend. Bhumika et al. 2013.
Reference: BHUMIKA (V.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), RAVINDER (K.) and ANIL KUMAR (P.): Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2088-2094.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BA160 = CIP 108445 = DSM 16537 = LMG 22565.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ744861.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. balticum, of or belonging to the Baltic Sea, referring to the source of the type strain.
Valid publication: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 2335-2341.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004 emend. Bhumika et al. 2013.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BA160 = CIP 108445 = DSM 16537 = LMG 22565.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ744861.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. balticum, of or belonging to the Baltic Sea, referring to the source of the type strain.
Reference: BHUMIKA (V.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), RAVINDER (K.) and ANIL KUMAR (P.): Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 2088-2094.
Original article in IJSEM Online